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government loans do. government loans allow you to consolidate. sometimes they take into consideration the job you end up with in life. sometimes there's forgiveness of government student loans. it is a much more flexible low-cost program than private student loans. sometimes students will need private student loans but for-profit colleges are using these loans for another reason. they encourage students to take out private loans at least in part because private loans allow these schools to continue to get more federal funds. it is a complicated formula, but in order to get the maximum amount of federal dollars, the for-profit schools push kids into private loans, even when they're skill eligible for the -- they're still eligible for the better government loans. the rule i am talking about is the 90-10 rule that requires for-profit colleges to receive at least 10% of revenue from sources other than the federal government. madam president, if you took the federal money we send to for-profit schools in america -- roughly $32 billion a year -- if you
government loans do. government loans allow you to consolidate. sometimes they take into consideration the job you end up with in life. sometimes there's forgiveness of government student loans. it is a much more flexible low-cost program than private student loans. sometimes students will need private student loans but for-profit colleges are using these loans for another reason. they encourage students to take out private loans at least in part because private loans allow these schools to...
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and the government. the government cannot do it by itself. we have to have the government and industry working together as a team. talking about the team, i'll tell you it is been an honor and privilege to be part of that team. it started off with secretary chertoff several years back, and now with secretary napolitano and deputy secretary jane lute at dhs, and with director bob mueller at fbi, we have brought together the key parts of the government team to look at our roles and responsibility on and have made tremendous progress. and i think you can see the government team has got those roles and responsibilities right. but we need industry to be part of that team. assistance and assets that our nation depends on for our economy, for our government, even for our national defense are overwhelmingly owned and operated by industry. we have pushed hard for information sharing. we need to ensure our private sector companies have the information they need to defend their own networks, and to do so in a timely manner. however, information sharing
and the government. the government cannot do it by itself. we have to have the government and industry working together as a team. talking about the team, i'll tell you it is been an honor and privilege to be part of that team. it started off with secretary chertoff several years back, and now with secretary napolitano and deputy secretary jane lute at dhs, and with director bob mueller at fbi, we have brought together the key parts of the government team to look at our roles and responsibility...
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while entire portions of our government -- all one half of -- almost one half of our government have no cuts at all. and defense spending increases, i have to tell you, are less than half of what you see in many of the other major spending programs in our government. they haven't -- the base defense budget has not been surging out of control. it's been increasing by the rate of inflation in the last several years. so defense is already, remember -- so defense has already, remember, reduced its budget as part of the first part of the b.c.a., the budget control act last august. that was $487 billion. so this sequester would be an additional $500 billion, should it go through. and it would be acumulative -- and it would be a cumulative reduction over ten years. that is a big reduction. it all terse the ability of the military to function in a way they've been functioning, and it threatens the ability for them to carry out the missions that they've been assigned to carry out today. chairman of the joint chiefs, general dempsey, said just this week, quote, "if sequestration occurs, it wil
while entire portions of our government -- all one half of -- almost one half of our government have no cuts at all. and defense spending increases, i have to tell you, are less than half of what you see in many of the other major spending programs in our government. they haven't -- the base defense budget has not been surging out of control. it's been increasing by the rate of inflation in the last several years. so defense is already, remember -- so defense has already, remember, reduced its...
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, but we absolutely have to govern in reality. and what the math shows is that mandatory spending, which, as i said, is on autopilot, continues to squeeze the federal government and the federal budget to a point where we're going to face a greece-style fiscal crisis if washington continues to punt on the hard decisions that have to be made. mandatory spending comprise roughly 60% of federal spending in fiscal year 2012. and if you look at the big drivers of mandatory spending -- medicare, medicaid, social security alone -- represented 40% of that total, again, according to the congressional budget office. now, congress and the administration have an opportunity in the coming months to reform these entitlement programs not only to get this country back on a more sustainable fiscal track but also to save and protect these programs not only for current retirees but for future generations of americans as well. and that's why i was disappointed last night that the president in his state of the union address failed to lay out a plan to
, but we absolutely have to govern in reality. and what the math shows is that mandatory spending, which, as i said, is on autopilot, continues to squeeze the federal government and the federal budget to a point where we're going to face a greece-style fiscal crisis if washington continues to punt on the hard decisions that have to be made. mandatory spending comprise roughly 60% of federal spending in fiscal year 2012. and if you look at the big drivers of mandatory spending -- medicare,...
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reports that make recommendations on duplicative programsing within government. we're already working to control the long-term cost of health care, to close tax loopholes and on defense spending we all know that there are still refrms that can be done. as you pointed out, we can get better fiscal controls, we can end of th some of the fraud ande in defense contracting. that's just the beginning of a list that i'm sure if we all dedicated ourselves to coming up with a compromise on how we avoid the sequester, we could do that. and we should not delay because our failure to resolve this issue is having damaging effects on our economy and it's only going to get worse if we don't find a solution. so, again, i thank you, senator collins, for your commitment to address this challenge that we face, for your willingness to come down and engage with me and to work -- for us to work together along with with our colleagues to try and get a resolution so we don't have these devastating cuts go into effect. thank you very much, mr. president. we yield the floor. mr. levin: mr
reports that make recommendations on duplicative programsing within government. we're already working to control the long-term cost of health care, to close tax loopholes and on defense spending we all know that there are still refrms that can be done. as you pointed out, we can get better fiscal controls, we can end of th some of the fraud ande in defense contracting. that's just the beginning of a list that i'm sure if we all dedicated ourselves to coming up with a compromise on how we avoid...
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government can't run that way. government will be dysfunctional if this precedent is set and is ongoing. in addition to the fact that cordray is right t for the job,n addition to the fact that this agency is very, very important for middle-class, working-class, and low-income people who need these consumer protections. it sets a very bad precedent pour this body. i'm hopeful that some of my other colleagues on the other side of the aisle will think clearly about this and move forward in this confirmation process. thank you, mr. president. i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: quorum call: quorum call: quorum call: mr. reid: i would ask unanimous consent the call of the quorum be terminated. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. reid: i ask that joelle corning be granted floor privileges through december 31 of this year. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to s. r
government can't run that way. government will be dysfunctional if this precedent is set and is ongoing. in addition to the fact that cordray is right t for the job,n addition to the fact that this agency is very, very important for middle-class, working-class, and low-income people who need these consumer protections. it sets a very bad precedent pour this body. i'm hopeful that some of my other colleagues on the other side of the aisle will think clearly about this and move forward in this...
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bush talking -- he said to engage direct, unconditional talks with the government of i. he was for that, telling bush to do it uncondition conditionally. he voted against iranian sangsz sanctions, one of two senators who failed to sign a letter to president clinton showing unconditional support for the to have israel. i would argue this man's record when it comes to iran and israel and statements he's made put him well out of the mainstream and "the washington post" was right on the fringe. and it now is not the time to have somebody on the fringe of iran and israel serving as secretary of defense. for that reason i will vote no, i will oppose cloture because debate should continue and when we get back unless there is a bombshell i'll vote for cloture and move on to his nomination. thank you. i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the senator from michigan. mr. levin: i yield five minutes to the senator from west virginia. the presiding officer: the senator from west virginia. mr. manchin: madam president. i'm proud to support chuck hagel for secretary of defense. if
bush talking -- he said to engage direct, unconditional talks with the government of i. he was for that, telling bush to do it uncondition conditionally. he voted against iranian sangsz sanctions, one of two senators who failed to sign a letter to president clinton showing unconditional support for the to have israel. i would argue this man's record when it comes to iran and israel and statements he's made put him well out of the mainstream and "the washington post" was right on the...
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and let them set the baseline of government employees should be trained. thank you. >> i yield back. >> like a dad, commerce and, yesterday i discovered i left my cell phone charger in richmond and when i came back to washington and my phone went down, i felt completely disengaged. i had to raise over to get back on line again. the enemy understand with more sophisticated economy that is now developing in the united states that if we can disrupt our cyber devotees, they can disable our responsibility. that is certainly true in a terrorist situation could i ask this question, do we have a unified american strategy for cybersecurity? i am aware that the department of defense set up an entire cyber command completely enacted to the terrapin of homeland security. the question one would repeat this do we have a unified approach in the united states government for this country and the protection? i think they probably don't, which means it is a danger of duplication or confusion. >> i have one more question, mr. chairman, if i could. i spent the last 12 years wi
and let them set the baseline of government employees should be trained. thank you. >> i yield back. >> like a dad, commerce and, yesterday i discovered i left my cell phone charger in richmond and when i came back to washington and my phone went down, i felt completely disengaged. i had to raise over to get back on line again. the enemy understand with more sophisticated economy that is now developing in the united states that if we can disrupt our cyber devotees, they can disable...
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the entire federal government, the rest of the entire federal government, everything, everything, post office, roads, transportation, justice, education, energy, defense, everything else is about a trillion dollars. you all just heard what the deficit was last year, $1.3 trillion, meaning that you could do away with the entire federal government with the exception of medicare, medicaid, social security, and we wouldn't even balance the budget. that's the magnitude of the challenge that we have. it's incumbent upon us to come up with solutions, positive solutions. what are we trying to do on the house republican side? our goals, as we step back and look and focus on what the goals ought to be are to increase economic freedom, provide greater opportunity for individuals, to balance the budget within a ten-year period of time so that we can create that economic vitality in the country and create jobs and pass off that wonderful great land of opportunity for the kids and grandchildren so that their dreams, realized and not stifled. along the lines, we've laid out a three to four month stra
the entire federal government, the rest of the entire federal government, everything, everything, post office, roads, transportation, justice, education, energy, defense, everything else is about a trillion dollars. you all just heard what the deficit was last year, $1.3 trillion, meaning that you could do away with the entire federal government with the exception of medicare, medicaid, social security, and we wouldn't even balance the budget. that's the magnitude of the challenge that we have....